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Counter Ops Jan 30, 2016 @ 4:43pm
Asteroid mining
How is this done? I tried flyingto an asteroid field and blasting asteroids but came away with nothing. Do i have to go to certain places to mine asteroids or buy a license? please advise.
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Udenszirnis Jan 30, 2016 @ 4:44pm 
You need mining laser and refinery first, not just throw whtever you got to asteroids
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Counter Ops Jan 30, 2016 @ 5:04pm 
OK...Cheers buddy.
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Ember Jan 30, 2016 @ 5:05pm 
Yeah, mining laser, basic refinery and some cargo space are the absolute bare minimum.

Recommended things are prospector limpets which tells you the composition of an asteroid, and gives bonuses to the amount you can gather, and collector limpets which collect the resource chunks as they are broken off so you don't have to manually go around with the cargo scoop open.
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Counter Ops Jan 30, 2016 @ 5:07pm 
Cool. I think i need some more credits from other jobs first then.
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Ember Jan 30, 2016 @ 5:21pm 
I'd just like to mention that WHERE you mine has a massive influence on how much and of what ore you'll get. The best places to mine are metalic, pristine reserves rings. But this video explains it much better; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBVESMAhDP0 He begins talking about the factors I mentioned at about 8:30
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Counter Ops Jan 31, 2016 @ 4:03am 
Thanks Tux, that answered just about all my questions on the matter. Safe flying buddy.
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